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I'm too pissed off right now to offer commentary on or to even post highlights lowlights from this Boston Herald article showing the kid gloves treatment convicted sexual predator Raymond Diamond received at the hands of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

To say this story paints a disturbing picture would be a gross understatement. Just read it.

Monster 'busted time and time again'

The Dukakis legacy lives on.

UPDATE: Jay Tea at Wizbang has more, including this link:

A partial criminal history of Raymond Diamond.

May 15, 1980: Convicted of kidnapping and assault with intent to rape a teenage girl in Dorchester. Sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Oct. 18, 1985: Convicted of kidnapping a 6-year-old and trying to extort money from her mother. Sentenced to three to five years in prison.

Oct. 18, 1989: Convicted of abducting and raping a Charlestown woman. Sentenced to five to seven years for rape and a concurrent eight to 10 years for kidnapping.

Jan. 29, 2003: Charged with raping an Atlanta woman in Dorchester. Charges dropped after prosecutors cannot find the woman.

Dec. 26, 2003: Charged with violating a restraining order after allegedly threatening to kill his mother in Dorchester. Charges dropped after prosecutors learn the authorities had failed to notify Diamond of the restraining order.

Sept. 17, 2004: Charged with assault and battery in the beating of his girlfriend, an MBTA employee. Charges dropped after she declines to cooperate with authorities.

Feb. 15, 2005: Charged with failing to register as a sex offender in Dorchester. Charges dropped after Diamond agrees to register.